Dease Lake Community – Christina Callbreath

Dease Lake Community

Director Report

Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful summer days. It has been a really nice summer at work, and it is so nice to see all the people that have been returning to the territory to visit and fish!

Christina Callbreath

Dease Lake Community Director Some of my highlights from this summer include:

• Annual General Assembly entertainment planning where I organized fun activities outside of the meetings for adults and Youth. These included a lake wiener roast and swimming, movies and crafts, and a comedy show with Auntie Beechress.

• National Aboriginal Day where I worked with Sandra

Marion and People’s Haven to organize events to celebrate our Aboriginal heritage.

• Traditional Medicine picking at Pyramid Creek. We picked Balsam bark, Hudson Bay Tea, Caribou

Weeds, and Dandelion roots.

• A Youth movie night where we watched Lightyear, the new Buzz Lightyear movie. • Elder Luncheons. The Elders really enjoy gathering and visiting, so I am aiming to have lunches twice a month.

• A peach canning workshop. There was a great turnout at the Community Hall to learn fruit canning and jam making.

Now that the summer is starting to wind down and community members are returning to town and looking into settling back into work and school, I am focusing on bringing more courses and workshops to Dease Lake. Some of the things in the works are a Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) course, a babysitting course, Fitness Training and Fitness Trainer, and furniture chalk painting.

Be sure to watch for posters or call me at the new building. Our new phone number is 250-771-3087.